Story of the rediscovery of the “tangled bank,” a small area on the campus of Lehigh University that was left to secondary succession in 1967. The small forest fragment was used in a general ecology course in fall of 2013, and this follow-up activity is detailed here.

Musings on biogeography and the potential value of microbial diversity, and how the “rediscovery” of a rare species of amoeba highlights the fact that some microbial species have highly restricted geographic distributions.

A post that details the establishment and history of the Lehigh University Arboretum and Experimental Forest Plantation. Started in the early 1900s, the Lehigh University arboretum was one of the finest university arboretums in the United States, yet it disappeared from campus culture by the early 1950s. The Experimental Plantation was established as a planting experiment, and forgotten about at about the same time. Lehigh students are now investigating the ecological history of these locations, and assessing the outcome of the unique planting experiment.

Exploring art-science relationships by highlighting a little of the work of Gunnar Erdtman, a Swedish botantist that brought the study of pollen to the world. Art informs science by focusing the scientist’s observation skills. Science informs art by providing endless source material for the artist.